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  • Decisions needed

    Opinions
    Created: Saturday, 03 April 2010 07:35
    Osceola County commissioners sooner or later are going to have to make some tough decisions about the county's fiscal year 2010-11 budget. ...

  • Hang ’em high: The real costs of going straight

    Opinions
    Created: Saturday, 03 April 2010 07:33
    Robyn BlumnerTribuneMediaFor the last generation we’ve put criminal justice policy in the hands of legislators with one injunction: Hang ‘em high. Words like “rehabilitation” and “gain time” were excised from corrections vocabulary as if they ...

  • Events set for March of Dimes fundraiser

    Opinions
    Created: Saturday, 03 April 2010 07:32
    By Alisson JalilSpring has reached Osceola County once again. We’ve seen another fair and rodeo go by, cars are lined up around the block at Bonnie Lee’s and although a little delayed and a little fainter than we are used to, we are being treated to t...

  • Letters to the Editor for April 3, 2010

    Opinions
    Created: Saturday, 03 April 2010 07:29
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  • OBC track champs

    Sports
    Created: Saturday, 03 April 2010 07:28
    Liberty boys, Harmony girls too goodBy Rick PedoneSports EditorLiberty track coach Robert Pauley likened the progress his team made over the past three seasons to a tidal wave following the Orange Belt Conference meet at Poinciana Wednesday.How appropriat...

  • Not much fun at Klassic for county’s 3 entries

    Sports
    Created: Saturday, 03 April 2010 07:27
    By Rick PedoneSports EditorIt was a forgettable beginning Thursday to the Kissimmee Klassic softball tournament for the three Osceola County schools entered.Harmony, St. Cloud and Osceola all found themselves in the consolation bracket after first-round d...

  • Hoop sheet is swimming; baseball next?

    Sports
    Created: Saturday, 03 April 2010 07:24
    With their run of games in Kissimmee over for the spring, the Houston Astros have returned to the Lone Star State to begin a new season, and get a fresh start.We should all be so lucky. ...

  • Osceola unbeaten in flag football

    Sports
    Created: Saturday, 03 April 2010 07:22
    By Ken JacksonSports WriterThis season, the Osceola High flag football team got a new coach — well, he’s really the old one — and some players in new roles.They’ve brought it all together very, very fast, got five wins to open the season, and in t...

  • County looks at small budget cuts first

    County News
    Created: Friday, 02 April 2010 13:08
    By Marvin G. Cortner Editor Osceola County commissioners Monday gave direction to staff on possible smaller budget cuts but punted on the big ticket items like the $9.4 million transportation fund shortfall and a proposed 5 percent pay cut for all count...

  • The power of Fusion

    County News
    Created: Friday, 02 April 2010 13:06
    Photos by Andrew Sullivan At left, Tyasia Thomas and Taina Ramos, dancers from the Osceola County School for the Arts, perform onstage to kick off Caribbean Fusion. The annual festival, staged at Kissimmee Lakefront Park, also featured pe...

  • City sign policies discussed

    County News
    Created: Friday, 02 April 2010 13:04
    By Juliana A. Torres Staff Writer The Kissimmee Commission discussed two changes to the city’s sign policy Tuesday, deciding to allow human signs for business advertising and amending its political sign standards to be consistent with Osceola County...

  • Wallach honored for his heroism

    County News
    Created: Friday, 02 April 2010 13:00
    Steve Wallach By Rick Madewell Assistant Editor On a cold, mid-February day, Steve Wallach found himself in a situation he’d never been in before. Hopefully, he never will again. But if he does, he’s prepared. Wallach, of St. C...

  • Patty Walker is School District's 2011 Teacher of the Year

    County News
    Created: Friday, 02 April 2010 12:57
    News-Gazette Photo/ Andrew Sullivan Bellalago Academy fifth-grade teacher Patty Walker is the Osceola County 2011 Teacher of the Year. By Brian McBride Associate Editor Using pasta and marshmallows to build miniature suspension bridges as a...

  • St. Cloud considers updating its Web site

    County News
    Created: Friday, 02 April 2010 12:45
    By Juliana A. Torres Staff Writer The Web site for the city of St. Cloud could use an upgraded look and overall design, City Council members said as they discussed the cost and logistics of doing so last week. “I think it’s embarrassing the way the...

  • Easter brunches offer variety in price, tastes — great dining is just a hop away in Central Florida

    Entertainment
    Created: Friday, 02 April 2010 09:16
    By Peter CovinoEntertainment EditorDon’t feel like cooking Easter Sunday?Here are a few dining alternatives to eating that traditional baked ham at home and the cleanup that follows afterward.Signature by the Lake in downtown Kissimmee offers a family a...

  • A look back: Clash of the Titans 1981 (a Blu-ray review)

    Entertainment
    Created: Friday, 02 April 2010 09:03
    By Peter CovinoEntertainment Editor At least I managed to stay awake watching Clash of the Titans in Blu-ray. Clash of the Titans was never my favorite film from special effects genius Ray Harryhausen. Jason and the Argonauts (1963), with its battling s...

  • Hold the thunder, please — Despite the modern effects, these titans are no bolts out of the blue

    Entertainment
    Created: Friday, 02 April 2010 08:44
    By Peter CovinoEntertainment Editor The gods must be  snickering, at least slightly. It has been 30 years since Ray Harryhausen enchanted movie audiences with the original Clash of the Titans (see accompanying Blu-ray/DVD review of the original 19...

  • Prostitution sting in Kissimmee

    Police News
    Created: Thursday, 01 April 2010 15:02
    Devine Gonzalez A two-day undercover Internet prostitution sting ended March 25 with the arrests of seven accused prostitutes and two men accused of wanting to purchase prostitution services. The Kissimmee Police Department conduct...

  • Man arrested for relationship with 14-year-old

    Police News
    Created: Thursday, 01 April 2010 14:48
    Joseph A 31-year-old man was arrested after his relationship with a 14-year-old was discovered, the Osceola County Sheriff's Office reported. Clifford Joseph, of Orlando, is charged with five counts of lewd and lascivious molestati...

  • Cars for big and little boys

    Entertainment
    Created: Thursday, 01 April 2010 14:26
    Photo/Andrew Sullivan Ridemakerz’ CEO Larry Andreini is flanked by car customizer Chip Foose, left, and  movie car designer Fireball Tim Lawrence, both were special guests at the Downtown Disney store opening recently. ...